Winds Toppled Trees and Wires Across Montgomery County (PHOTOS)

PHOTO | MCFRS

Strong winds toppled trees and wires across Montgomery County on Wednesday afternoon.

Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said dispatchers fielded dozens of calls within an hour’s time this afternoon. Piringer said there were no reports of serious injuries.

At 5 p.m., there were over 1,600 Pepco customers without power in Montgomery County, according to online outage maps.

PHOTO | Mitti Hicks

Montgomery County spokesperson Esther Bowring said Department of Transportation crews are responding to several reports of downed trees and limbs that may be fully or partially obstructing a number of roadways throughout the county.

“Crews are working to remove the storm debris and reopen closed roadways as soon as possible,” Bowring said.

A list of impacted roadways follows, below:

• Annapolis Rock Rd.– Tree blocking the road.
• Arcola Ave. closed from Lamberton Dr. to Hoyt St. -Tree down in wires blocking the road.
• Brookville Rd. at Georgia Ave. – Tree down blocking the road Pepco has been contacted.)
• Brunswick at Finch – Blocking road.
• Cashell Rd. – Tree debris in the roadway.
• Cashell Rd. at Bowie Mill -Tree down partially blocking the road.
• Davis Mill – Tree blocking the road.
• Hawkins Creamery– Tree blocking the road.
• Hipsley Mill Rd.– Tree blocking the road.
• Howard Chapel Rd.– Tree blocking the road.
• Lee St. – Tree down on car and in wires crew on site with Pepco.
• Parker Ave. closed from Georgia Ave. to the dead end – Tree down in wires blocking the road.
• Sandsfield Terrace – Tree down blocking road.
• Sundown Rd @ 108  -Tree down wires and road closed near Laytonsville.
• Thornwood @ Everett – Blocking road.
• Warfield @ Apollo Lane -Tree down blocking the road.
• Watkins Meadow -Tree down blocking the road.

Myrtle Rd & Dameron Dr, Forest Glen, tee on house, no injuries, 1 family displaced, MCFRS OS checked utilities, etc pic.twitter.com/tgqzV9gJjx

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 1, 2017

20600blk Prathertown rd, trees/wires down, electric meter(s) smoking, access to house blocked by debris, FFs checking area awaited power co pic.twitter.com/EbHw9SRPrp

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 1, 2017

Update – Trees down – Parkwood Rd & Brookfield Dr, Parkwood/Kensington; 10200blk Parkwood Ct, tree on occupied house w/ no injury pic.twitter.com/XjV0tVGHZm

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 1, 2017

Dozens of road closures are being reported across the County. Please use caution when driving and report downed trees to @311MC311

— MC Highway Services (@MontCo_Highways) March 1, 2017

WOW: Downed power lines burnt a hole in this Gaithersburg road. This serves as a good reminder to stay away from downed wires.@ABC7Kevin pic.twitter.com/q5ONCmdS9t

— ABC 7 News – WJLA (@ABC7News) March 1, 2017

Large tree toppled over and brought electrical wires with it along River Road in Darnestown. Traffic is blocked in both directions @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/4DM2wCAHBp

— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) March 1, 2017

Tree down in Silver Spring. Nobody hurt. pic.twitter.com/sdJvvCVOOq

— Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) March 1, 2017

Tree, with heartwood rot, into house on Parkwood Ct in Kensington. Homeowner in basement, uninjured but displaced. pic.twitter.com/uGmjqkWVft

— Dave Dildine (@DildineWTOP) March 1, 2017

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